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Night-Time Factors that Contribute to Road Accidents

According to records, the first pedestrian to ever be killed by a moving vehicle was Bridget Driscol who stepped off of a curb in London and was struck by an automobile with a top speed of 4 miles an hour, killing her almost instantly. The coroner who examined her body, way back then, made a bold statement in response, saying that ‘such a thing would never happen again.’ The coroner, as we now know, was very wrong. Cars, as we know them, are not only dangerous to operate, but are also crucial for our way of life.

In the world we live in today, road safety is more important than ever before. With an increasing population around the world, the roads have only grown more crowded and stressful. Heavier traffic leads to a higher percentage and likelihood of accidents occurring on the daily. Around the world, more than 1.3 million people die every year in a vehicle accident while another 50 million people are injured or disabled from crashes. Furthermore, car crashes are the 9th leading cause of death in the world and its only getting worse. How can we reduce these numbers? Well, road safety falls in the hands of both government and provincial leaders, as well as the citizens. It doesn’t matter how many rules are laid out, if people ignore them, serious consequences will follow.

We are all familiar with road studs or cat eyes. We see them every day and every night when we drive on the road. They are a great tool to help us ensure that we are driving safely and in our designated lanes. It also helps us understand space and distance in weather with less visibility while we are on the road. We recognise them by their reflective design and colour finish. However, there are different designs for different purposes. Each road stud is designed for a specific purpose

Protecting Your Flocks With Solar Studs​

Predators are always on the prowl, and no matter how hard you try, you cannot always be there to personally protect your flock of sheep or other livestock that you have. That is why farmers are doing all that they can to provide a safe and protected environment for their livestock and their flocks. Farmers face losses every year due to the loss of life in their livestock. This loss is due to night time predators. There are many precautions that are taken and they are not always effective in protecting the animals from predators. Especially in a humane manner.​

Benefits of Solar Studs in Everyday Life

Road studs are an extremely useful product for road safety on the roads with great advantages. Solar road studs are a type of road stud that is powered by solar energy. This is the new age replacement for the traditional reflective road studs, also known as cat eyes. Road studs are also able to provide clear marking of the edge of a road, and the direction for drivers in the evening and during terrible weather conditions, including rain and fog. Therefore, road studs reduce the rate of accidents by over 60% as well as reducing environmental impact and saving on costs.

The Various Applications of Solar Studs

Road markings, studs, cats-eyes or whatever you feel most comfortable calling them have a surprising array of applications. All one needs is a reason to use them and no small amount of creativity to spot their full potential, both on and off of the road. We are used to seeing them line the tarmac of public roads in a bid to guide drivers safely at night, when light conditions are limited. But there is so much more that these studs, particularly the solar ones, can be used for. Here are but a few of these functions here.

ALLEVIATING TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS

Traffic, it is a burden on most people in society. Whether being stationary on a highway, waiting your turn at a stop-street or trawling through a parking-spot at snails-pace, we all have to face it at some point in our lives; or more accurately, at some point in our day. Your work premises are another host for possible traffic problems, especially if little is done to monitor and conduct it with care. Still, these tips will help you alleviate traffic in the areas around your place of work by instilling a few simple arrangements.

3 Environment Conditions where Solar Beads are the Perfect Solution

Solar-beads are fast becoming the primary tool for many road marking contractors since they provide a durable, versatile and effective means of providing lighting for roads, signs and hazards where they are needed most. In the case of roads, lighting solutions need to be able to withstand a lot of punishment from traffic and the elements, and solar beads have been carefully designed to be able to operate admirably in even the harshest conditions.

What are the different road stud colours and what do they mean?

As you are driving you’ll see reflective road studs marking the road. These are also called reflective studs and cat’s eyes, because as you approach them they look like a pair of cat’s eyes on the road, and they originated in the United Kingdom back in 1933.

Pavement Markers and Other Road Markings

In the past, roads didn’t have markings, but in the interests of safety, more and more roads now have painted lines and some form of raised pavement markers. You might know them as cat’s eyes or road studs – they’re what you see reflected back at you when you’re driving down the road at night. How do you mark a grey stretch of tarmac so that drivers can see which way it goes both in daytime and night-time?

Different Types of Road Studs

One of the most popular road markings you can widely see among roads, bridges, and subway systems are road studs. These mechanical road markings play an integral role for motorists and drivers to keep their lanes especially when driving at night.

Solar Road Studs in South Africa

Solar energy solutions have proven over and over again that they can provide sustainable alternatives for several traditional electricity or fuel based solutions. This article explores how a solar solution is being used for road lighting. Solar road studs are solar powered LED lighting devices used in road operation to delineate road edges and/or centrelines.